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Olmert, Barak: Demolish terrorists' homes
Roni Sofer
Published: 02.07.08, 21:16
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1. WOW! You really scared him now. He won't have where to live.
Miriam ,   Israel   (07.02.08)
DEMOLISHING HIS ENTIRE HOUSEHOLD would be a deterrent.
2. Punish the Innocent?
P ,   Haifa   (07.02.08)
The family of Dawiath can not be held guilty of his crime. They did not commit the crime and there is no proof that they aided him. Was the family of Eden Nathan Zaada held guilty for his crime? Was there home destroyed? Were they deported? lsrael must remain a nation of law. Otherwise, we are no different than our enemies.
3. Hey, I finally agree with Olmert
J K ,   NYC, USA   (07.02.08)
Take that buildozer and raze his house with it and turn his family and the entire extended family into Gaza. Send a message. http://www.tzomet.net
4. Thank you Olmert for weakening Israel's deterrence!
redmike ,   London, LA and TA   (07.02.08)
I no longer read articles that start with .."Olmert announced". I am only interested in reading something equivalent to, "Olmert dethroned", "Olmert resigns" or best of all "Olmert indicted". Mike
5. And why should his poor family pay the price
Observer   (07.02.08)
Collective pubishment will lead to more resentmant and outrage and you are making sure that his childrens will not be wishing you any good.
6. How right is Esterina!
Keren ,   Israel-SP   (07.02.08)
I deeply wish Israel starts already acting as it MUST!
7. Peace and justice is the solution and not revenge against ot
sabra   (07.02.08)
8. #2 How dare you compare a tzaddik with a rasha.
Miriam ,   Israel   (07.02.08)
Zada killed for self-defense. HE HAD NO CHOICE! But this Arab BEAST (Pere Adam, as the Torah calls them) should be hanged in the center of the city.
9. Won't make any difference to family. The Arabs will
Jake   (07.02.08)
compensate them generously for their "sacrifice". They'll get a hundred thousand dollars to rebuild.
10. We destroy homes, but let terrorists out of jail w/blood on
their hands to kill ,   more of us. NUTS!   (07.02.08)
11. Justice, not retribution.
Daniel ,   NYC   (07.02.08)
Razing his family's home is no different than jailing his family. This is not justice, it is retribution meted out to Palestinian criminals. On days like this, I feel only shame for being Israeli. We should be a nation of justice, not institutionalized vengeance.
12. Deportation to Gaza -- an excellent idea!
Steven ,   San Francisco   (07.02.08)
Something that I've been saying should be done these past two years, beginning immediately after the expulsion for Arab crimes against Jews and Jewish property. ALL such Arab criminals should be deported there, all associates of such Arab criminals, and the family of such Arab criminals. This should include all those Arabs that steal and destroy Jewish property, in both Yesha and everywhere else.
13. terrorist
sas ,   israel   (07.02.08)
do it NOW.
14. PM : "Raze terrorists home"
I.Kemp ,   Nahariya Isr   (07.02.08)
...and Olmerts while you are about it.
15. terror attack
Joshua Schewitz ,   South Africa   (07.02.08)
All arabs should have there working permits taken away and they should be expelled from greater israel. If no arab lived or worked in israel there would no homicide attacks.
16. law
Joshua Schewitz ,   JHB   (07.02.08)
you have missed the point. If arabs know that there family will bare the repecations of there actions they would think twice before going on a homicide mission. We cannot punish homicide attackers we can only try and stop the next one!!!!!!!!
17. Palestinian Workers
Victor Hafichuk ,   Monarch, Canada   (07.02.08)
I hear of Jew refugees without income, even going hungry in Israel, yet so many Palestinians are being employed, even brought in from Gaza to work in Israel. Why won't Israel give the jobs to its brothers? Is this incident not a consequence of such conduct?
18. don't let him near JCB in the first place!
Nick ,   London   (07.02.08)
It make me sick that he lives in Jerusalem and enjoying all the thing Israelis get but doesn't appreciate a thing and biting the hand that feeds. It like the Muslim who live in England all their lives and then bomb us after getting benefit and all their family come her. how did he get a JCB? I
19. terrorist's family
Yehu Ben Zohar ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (07.02.08)
No doubt his mother has been passing out candy and telling everyone how proud of his actions she is. its the least his family deserves.
20. no12
ami ,   israel   (07.02.08)
kill them deportation to gaza only makes it worse
21. #9
moish ,   Beit Shemesh   (07.02.08)
Hundreds of thousands of dollars from the EU and Condi Rice Peace now will also give them money and Beillin will go schnorr for them too
22. Doesn't solve the problem.
Terry ,   Eilat, Israel   (07.02.08)
Olmert is just playing to the crowd. Fine, demolish the house. And then? Why do E. Jerusalem residents have Israeli ID's? That's the real issue. Notice, not a word on that subject. Talk tough, do nothing -
23. RE: Punish the Innocent?
D ,   Jerusalem   (07.02.08)
Nazis also had 'law'. Every action creates a reaction. When we demolish terrorists home, we send a strong message to would be terrorists.
24. Use his bulldozer to destroy the house
Sheila ,   Jerusalem Israel   (07.02.08)
25. TERRORIST RIGHTS
MANNY ,   NYC USA   (07.02.08)
after all this time they are first thinking of revoking the rights of a terrorist and his family. Why the rush. Plenty of time. Wait another 60 years.
26. 2 & 5: Seems Fair To Me
emanon ,   USA   (07.02.08)
This terrorist removed himself from the morality of the human race and gave up any illusion of not being a spy when he committed acts of violence against innocent civilians. As such, removing any trace of him and removal of his family from Israel seems right and proper to me.
27. #2, you couldn't have found a worse example
Jake   (07.02.08)
"Was the family of Eden Nathan Zaada held guilty for his crime? Was there home destroyed? Were they deported? lsrael must remain a nation of law. Otherwise, we are no different than our enemies. " Eden Natan Zada, already restrained, was lynched by Arabs in revenge, and Israel dismissed charges against those responsible and let them go. If Israel were a nation of law, they would have been prosecuted, convicted, and jailed for their crimes.
28. everyone concerned here
(07.02.08)
the israeli hands may be tied by the no no of "collective punishment". however, there are other things that are legally a deterance to this continued arab barbarism and hate. DO NOT HIRE ARABS IN ISRAEL. ELIMINATE THE NEED TO HIRE FOR CHEAP LABOUR. HIRING CHEAP ARAB CHEAP LABOUR BECOMES A VERY COSTLY ISSUE FOR ISRAEL IN TERMS OF JEWISH HUMAN CARNAGE! israeli companies should hire other israelis and foreigners to do the jobs arabs do. this may be a collective punishment, but not under the law. it may also deter the arab violence once and for all when they find out that, collectively, one of their own "brothers" is responsible for them not being hired. no jobs, no money. period. then they may think twice about endengaring their families economically and increasing poverty on their side. no one can claim that an israeli company didn't obey the law by not hiring arabs in israel. hard to complain about a company's internal decision to hire someone else. rather than raze the arab's home, a total lack of hiring arabs in the industry where they can use machinary to kill and maim jews is the way to go.
29. First glimmer of common-sense from PM since taking up office
Sane As You Are   (07.02.08)
30. PA children are raised in an atmosphere of hate and lies.
Robert Bernier ,   Tel Aviv   (07.02.08)
PA children are raised in an atmosphere of hate and lies. With regard to the schools, Palestinian Media Watch cites, for example, a new 12th grade Palestinian textbook introduced last year which describes Israel’s founding as a “catastrophe unprecedented in history” in which “racist” and “imperialist” Jewish Zionist gangs stole Palestine, dispossessing its rightful, Arab owners. The conflict is presented as a religious war and the text conveys to students that Israel’s existence and the actions of its Jewish creators are crimes which must be undone. Promotion of violence against the non-Muslim world at : http://xrl.us/bkkh3
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